Symposium
Asian Contemporary Art Reconsidered

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With expanding interest in Asia in the latter half of the 1990s, there was a corresponding increase in opportunities for Asian contemporary art to be added to museum collections and shown in exhibitions in Japan. This symposium was held with the aim of clarifying the challenges and issues involved in introducing Asian art to such institutions. Over the course of two days, representatives from Japan exchanged opinions with peers from other Asian countries as well as art specialists from Europe and the United States. Although no concrete proposals or protocols resulted from it, the event provided a forum for the participants to recognize the differences in each other’s national situations and to assess Asian art from both long-term and global points of view.

Data
Dates October 10–11, 1997
Venue (Tokyo) The Japan Foundation Forum
Organizers The Japan Foundation Asia Center

[Program]

Day 1October 10, 1997
14:00–14:10 Opening Address
Noro Masahiko (Managing Director, The Japan Foundation Asia Center)
In Planning this Symposium
Furuichi Yasuko (Exhibition Coordinator, The Japan Foundation Asia Center)
14:10–18:30 Session ⅠIssues for the Museums
Opening Remarks for Session Ⅰ
Chairman Apinan Poshyananda (Associate Director, Centers of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University)
Presentations 1. East in the West: Presentations of Contemporary Asian Art in the U.S.
Vishakha N. Desai (Vice President for Cultural Programs / Director of Galleries, Asia Society)
2. Enriching Encounters
Caroline Turner (Deputy Director / Manager, Exhibition and Cultural Development, Queensland Art Gallery)
3. Cultural Encounters through Contemporary Art
Graeme Murray (Director, The Fruitmarket Gallery)
4. SAM Is Not a Foreign Name
Kwok Kian Chow (Director, Singapore Art Museum)
5. Emergence of Asian Art Gallery
Ushiroshoji Masahiro (Chief Curator, Asian Art Gallery Project, Fukuoka Art Museum)
Day 2October 11, 1997
13:00–15:25 Session ⅡIssues for Critics and Artists
Opening Remarks for Session Ⅱ
Chairman Mizusawa Tsutomu (Chief Curator, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura)
Presentations 1. Modern Asian Art: Its Construction and Reconstruction
John Clark (Associate Professor, School of Asian Studies, University of Sydney)
2. A Trap in Multiculturalism
Tatehata Akira (Professor, Tama Art University)
3. In and Out of Focus
Hung Liu (Artist)
4. Cultural Sentinels at the Crossroads
Apinan Poshyananda
5. The Possibilities of Contemporary Art as a Show Business
Murakami Takashi (Artist)
15:40–18:15 Session ⅢPlenary Session
Chairman Mizusawa Tsutomu
Panelists Nakahara Yusuke (Art Critic)
Lee Yongwoo (Professor, Korea University)
John Clark
Caroline Turner
Tatehata Akira
18:15–18:30 Concluding Session
Mizusawa Tsutomu
Apinan Poshyananda

Report

Cover of Symposium Report, Asian Contemporary Art Reconsidered
PDF format followed by Table of Contents

Remarks by symposium attendees and summary

Symposium: “Asian Contemporary Art Reconsidered” Report
Edited by Furuichi Yasuko

  • Publisher:
    Tokyo: The Japan Foundation Asia Center
  • Year:
    1998
  • Total Number of Pages:
    224
  • Size:
    26 cm
  • Language:
    Japanese (jpn); English (eng)
  • NCID:
    BA35705006

[Contents]

p. 6 Foreword / ごあいさつ
Noro Masahiko
p. 9 セッション Ⅰ問題提起：美術館の現場から
p. 61 セッション Ⅱ問題提起：批評と創造の現場から
p. 109 セッション Ⅲ総合パネル：問題提起を受けて
p. 137 Session ⅠIssues for the Museums
p. 165 Session ⅡIssues for Critics and Artists
p. 187 Session ⅢPlenary Session
p. 201 シンポジウムを終えて（コメント）
p. 207 After the Symposium (Comments)
p. 213 Panelists' Profiles / パネリスト・プロフィール
p. 218 国際交流基金アジアセンター主催美術事業一覧
p. 219 The Japan Foundation Asia Center Visual Arts Programs and Exhibitions
p. 221 Conclusion / おわりに
Furuichi Yasuko

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Handout

Cover of Symposium handout, Asian Contemporary Art Reconsidered
PDF format followed by Table of Contents

Materials created by the symposium attendees for presentations and other purposes were distributed at the event.

Symposium: “Asian Contemporary Art Reconsidered”
Edited by Furuichi Yasuko; Hoashi Aki

  • Publisher:
    Tokyo: The Japan Foundation Asia Center
  • Year:
    1997
  • Total Number of Pages:
    118
  • Size:
    30 cm
  • Language:
    Japanese (jpn); English (eng)

[Contents]

p. 1 スケジュール
p. 3 パネリスト略歴
p. 8 西洋の中の東洋─アメリカにおけるアジア現代美術の紹介
ヴィシャカ・N・デサイ
p. 11 豊穣なる出会い
キャロライン・ターナー
p. 20 現代美術を通しての異文化との遭遇
グレアム・マレー
p. 27 SAM (Singapore Art Museum) は外国名ではない
クォク・キェン・チョウ
p. 30 アジア美術館の誕生へ向けて
後小路雅弘
p. 33 近代アジア美術：その構造と受容
ジョン・クラーク
p. 39 マルチカルチュラリズムの罠
建畠晢
p. 41 中心の内側から外側から
劉虹|ホン・リュウ
p. 43 岐路に立つ文化の番人
アピナン・ポーサヤーナン
p. 48 興業としての現代美術の可能性（pdfファイルはありません）
村上隆
p. 53 Schedule
p. 56 Panelists' Profiles
p. 60 East in the West: Presentations of Contemporary Asian Art in the U.S.
Vishakha N. Desai
p. 67 Enriching Encounters
Caroline Turner
p. 77 Cultural Encounters through Contemporary Art
Graeme Murray
p. 86 SAM Is Not a Foreign Name
Kwok Kian Chow
p. 90 Emergence of an Art Gallery
Ushiroshoji Masahiro
p. 94 Modern Asian Art: Its Construction and Reception
John Clark
p. 101 A Trap in Multiculturalism
Tatehata Akira
p. 104 In and Out of Focus
Hung Liu
p. 106 Cultural Sentinels at the Crossroads
Apinan Poshyananda
p. 111 The Possibilities of Contemporary Art as a Show Business (No pdf for this paper)
Murakami Takashi

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